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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Toni Pellonpaa, BSN, RN
September 30, 2021Toni Pellonpaa, a nurse on the Intensive Care Unit at UP Health System – Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I wanted to be able to help people and have a career that’s needed all over the…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Edith Nelson, RN
September 24, 2021Edith Nelson, RN, nurse on the Family Birthing Unit at UP Health System – Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am a nurse on the Family Birthing Unit at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?Nursing is a second career for me. After a series of significant losses in my life, I realized that my…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Karen Johnson, LPN
September 17, 2021Karen Johnson, Senior Clinic LPN at UP Health System – Doctors Park | Family Medicine. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am a Senior Clinic LPN at UP Health System – Doctors Park | Family Medicine. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?My mother was my inspiration to become a nurse, and so I attended Bay College after high…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Renee Burns
September 03, 2021What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am an Information Desk Clerk at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I truly love working with the public and greeting people, and what better way to serve my community than working in the field of healthcare. What’s a typical day like for you? What is it like…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Eric Burdick, MBA, RRT, LRT
August 27, 2021Erick Burdick, MBA, RRT, LRT, Director of Respiratory Care at UP Health System – Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am the Director of Respiratory Care at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?When I was finishing up high school, I went to a job fair and this field sparked my interest.…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Joe Racine
August 20, 2021Joe Racine, Grounds Lead in the Plant Operations department at UP Health System — Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am Grounds Lead in the Plant Operations department at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I got started in the field of healthcare almost by accident. I was working in the…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | JP Schuurhuis
August 12, 2021JP Schuurhuis, Security Access Analyst in the Information Technology (IT) department at UP Health System — Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am a Security Access Analyst in the Information Technology (IT) department at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I actually started out with an…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Melissa Treacy, MA, CCC-SLP
August 06, 2021Melissa Treacy, MA, CCC-SLP, Program Director of Rehabilitation at UP Health System — Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am the Program Director of Rehabilitation at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I was initially a business major when I started at Michigan State University but decided…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Carol Holman, MHA, RD
July 30, 2021Carol Holman, MHA, RD, Director of Food & Nutrition at UP Health System — Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am the Director of Food & Nutrition at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?When I was hired by what was then Marquette General Hospital as a Nutrition Technician, I…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Michele Khouli
July 23, 2021Michele Khouli is the Growth & Outreach Liaison at UP Health System – Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am the Growth & Outreach Liaison at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?In 1990, my Aunt Mary was in need of a kidney transplant and my father donated one of his kidneys to…
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UP Health System – Marquette Recognized for Excellence with Renewal of Cardiac Cath Lab Accreditation with PCI
July 22, 2021Providing necessary, high-quality care to cardiac cath lab patients close to homeACC Accreditation Services, the accrediting arm of the American College of Cardiology, has recognized UP Health System – Marquette, a Duke LifePoint hospital, for its demonstrated expertise and commitment in treating patients who come to a cardiac cath lab for care, including diagnostic…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Molly Holmstrom-Bolster
July 16, 2021Molly Holmstrom-Bolster is a Quality Lead in Quality Management at UP Health System – Marquette. She also serves as the Chair of the Employee Relations Committee (ERC). What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am a Quality Lead at UP Health System – Marquette. I also serve as the Chair of the Employee Relations Committee (ERC). What was your…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Kristofer Dosh, MD
July 02, 2021Kristofer Dosh, MD, is an Interventional Cardiologist and the Medical Director of the Heart & Vascular Center at UP Health System – Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am an Interventional Cardiologist and the Medical Director of the Heart & Vascular Center at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Kalie Lavery
June 24, 2021Kalie Lavery is a Patient Transporter at UP Health System – Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am a Patient Transporter at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I love to help people and be part of a team, which to me, are essential to working in a healthcare setting. Currently, I am a…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Karri Hamari
June 18, 2021Karri Hamari is a Senior Reimbursement Analyst at UP Health System – Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am a member of the Accounting team at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I can’t say I was looking for a job in healthcare, however, when the opportunity for a job at Marquette…
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Losing Pounds and Gaining Life | Carl’s Story
June 15, 2021"I feel fantastic. I know a lot of friends who would really benefit from joining something like this. I can’t recommend it enough."
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Owen Culpepper, DO
June 10, 2021Owen Culpepper is an Intensivist in the ICU at UP Health System – Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am an Intensivist in the ICU at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?The field of medicine and healthcare is always evolving and there are always ways to improve both myself and others and…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Kristin Vandeville
June 04, 2021Kristin Vandeville is the Clinic Coordinator at UP Health System – Doctors Park. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am the Clinic Care Coordinator at UP Health System – Doctors Park. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?My grandfather passed away when I was 17 and I can remember the amazing care the nursing staff provided to…
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UPHS — Marquette Heroes | Terrie Fosco
May 28, 2021Terrie Fosco, OR Instrument Technician at UP Health System – Marquette. What is your role at UPHS – Marquette?I am an Operating Room Instrument Technician at UP Health System – Marquette. What was your inspiration for getting into healthcare?I have always just liked to help people! Joining the healthcare setting only confirmed this for…
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Extraordinary Nurses Recognized at UP Health System
May 27, 2021MARQUETTE – May 27, 2020 – UP Health System-Marquette is proud to partner with The Daisy Foundation to honor the compassionate care of our extraordinary nurses throughout the year by honoring them with The DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses®. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s mission to recognize the extraordinary, compassionate nursing…
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